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View and delete AWS connections

View AWS Direct Connect connections

For AWS Direct Connect, the connection information shown to the buyer (A-side) is as follows:

Local connection

Remote connection

Connections: the name of the connection which your company has Note that for AWS Direct Connect, this is called hosted connection on the AWS Management Console

Seller-side Service: the name of the service the connection is connected to (i.e., AWS)

Service Key: Your unique AWS account id for the connection you You need to acquire this from AWS

Buyer-side VLAN ID: the VLAN ID the buyer uses to identify the connection within the selected port. This is the Outer Tag (i.e., sTag) if the 1ad tagging mechanism is used on the buy-side. If not, it is the 802.1Q VLAN tag

VLAN Speed: speed of the connection. Note that only 200Mbps and 500Mbps are supported for connectivity to AWS Direct Connect with standard ports and 50Mbps, 100Mbps, 200Mbps, 300Mbps, 400Mbps and 500Mbps are available with Unlimited Connections Package (formerly buyout ports)

State: AWS Direct Connect provisioning state and network status for the connection (i.e., AWS Direct Connect hosted connection). Following are the different states the AWS connection goes through:

Being Provisioned—Connection request has been sent to AWS

Ordering—AWS has acknowledged the Connection is now visible on the AWS portal. A message “Accepted Hosted Connection” now appears on the Equinix Cloud Exchange Portal on top of the page

Pending—You have entered Access Key and Secret Key and accept the hosted connection

Available—Final Provisioned State

Status: For AWS connection, this field has no value and it will remain empty

Delete AWS Direct Connect connections

For AWS Direct Connect, make sure all the virtual interfaces within the hosted connection are deleted before deleting the hosted connection. Equinix Cloud Exchange Portal will not allow you to delete the hosted connection when there are active virtual interface(s) within the hosted connection.

View deleted connections

If you want to see that deleted connection, click on “Show Deleted Layer 2 Connections.”